"Collar felt tight, and may signal future heart attack!" March 11, in the United States, Florida, held the annual meeting of the American Heart Association, a study group report said. A long time, the medical profession has been visceral fat with volume for evaluating the Cardiovascular disease risk indicators . However, the study found that neck fat with cardiovascular disease risk factors, such as high cholesterol levels, diabetes disease and so is closely related to the law of this applies to both genders.

study group of patients with cardiovascular disease for future generations, for a total of 3320 people conducted a study and found that, in the exception of the impact of visceral fat, the fat in the neck and also the risk factors of cardiovascular disease-related . At present, the standard method of measuring obesity is to measure waist circumference, calculated body mass index (BMI), the Study Group recommended that waist circumference measured at the same time, the neck should also be measuring the fat content. Department of Medicine at the University of California professor, Dr. Greg said: "The study of clinical doctor to provide an assessment of the degree of patient obesity and the risk of cardiovascular disease in an effective way to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease provide a very practical advice. "

雷诺希尔 Hospital international director of the Center for Cardiovascular Research柯克加Dr. Garrett said:" Obesity is usually divided into pear-shaped body (buttocks excessive fat accumulation) and the apple-shaped body ( the waist and above the waist of excessive fat accumulation), the latter of the chance of cardiovascular disease is relatively large, the existence of these people some kind of metabolic abnormalities, will lead to atherosclerosis. "Garrett added:" Research also tells us that if BMI over 25, regardless of location in which the accumulation of fat, it will increase the risk of heart disease, excess fat should be reduced. "